RNCM Session Orchestra: I’m Your Venus! / Sat 25 Oct
7pm / Support: Már Gunnarsson
8pm / RNCM Session Orchestra
Expect a fresh twist on our signature Session Orchestra sound with a journey through music inspired by gods, heroes, and ancient tales. From Venus (Lady Gaga/ Bananarama) to Icarus (Bastille), Atlas (Coldplay), to The Phoenix (Fall Out Boy), get ready for a dynamic setlist of chart-topping tracks skillfully rearranged for orchestra and performed with power by soloists from our Pop department.
Performers
Carol Jarvis guest director
Steph Godwin assistant director
Katie Foster guest leader
Pablo Mendelssohn guest lead trumpet
Laura Mills video editor
David Bicarregui narrator
RNCM Session Orchestra:
vocals
Owen Francis Black
Oscar Brown
Luke Pemberton
Moli Edwards
Adia Gleave
Amelia de Jager
bass guitar
Nathan Smith
drums
Harry Wright
guitars
Isaac Chisnall
Leroy Chan
keys
Dan Brown
Oscar Brown
Luke Pemberton
first violins
Katie Foster (Guest Leader)
Yunyi Liu
Daniel Albertyn
Annie Meaden
second violins
Charlotte Sweeney
Elanor Leydecker
Emma Copp
Siying Tang
violas
Steph Roberts
Utor Wong
Celeste Meisel
Ilana Tapper
cellos
Maisie McLoughlin
Tongxin Wang
Isabella Farleigh
Kexuan Zhao
flute
Jess Foxwell
alto saxophone
Joao Correia
tenor saxophone
Alvin Wong
baritone saxophone
Emily Leavy
trumpets
Pablo Mendelssohn (Guest Principal)
Thomas Brook
Honor Farley
tenor trombone
Joe Heartfield
bass trombone
Gwen Howe
percussion
Oliver Jackson
Christian Holyoake
Setlist
Jupiter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Apollo (St Paul & The Broken Bones)
Helios (The Crüxshadows)
Ulysses (Franz Ferdinand)
Orpheus (Sara Bareilles)
Persephone (Tamino)
Icarus (Bastille)
Venus (Lady Gaga/Bananarama)
Pegasus (MEDUZA; Eli & Fur)
Artemis (Lindsey Stirling)
Samson (Regina Spektor)
Isis (Bob Dylan)
Medusa (Cameron Whitcomb)
Atlas (Coldplay)
Odyssey (Talos)
Orinoco Flow (Enya)
The Phoenix (Fall Out Boy)
Arrangers
RNCM Students from School of Composition:
Elena Adams
Kexin Chen
Aidan Fyfe
Oliver Gaunt
Sophia Hurst
Ella Laughton
Amit Manna
Kámea Németh
Yijia Zhang
Helena Zyskowska
Support
Performers
vocals
Katerina Kaifa
Owen Edwards
Matthew Vining
Finnbar Flood
drums
Jake Brown
bass guitar
Max Cooper
guitar
Ricky Prohm
first violins
Lian Yip
Coraleigh Kelly Edwards
Fionnghuala Drumgoole
Ola Stanton
second violins
Ailsa Burns
Aaron Le Maistre
Joe Steel
Elena Orsi
violas
Sam Kane
Éadaoin Drumgoole
cellos
Lucy Pye
Tom Ellison
flutes
Adèle Bracegirdle
Jessica Pun Lai Yuen
oboe
Elizabeth Russell
clarinets
Johanna Leung
Sam Austin
bassoon
Beatriz Carvalho
trumpets
Robbie Richardson
Lewis Barton
horns
Joe Clarkson
Tom Hutchison
trombone
Ollie Bartlett
percussion
Daniel Malone
Setlist
Spirit in Motion
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Memory
Falling For You
Some Day
Alive
Your Song
In the Stars
Dream of Me
